What's all the fuss about 16 words? A new approach to Holtzman's Law*

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dc.contributor.authorSmith, Laura Catharine
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-21T20:56:16Z
dc.date.available2016-06-21T20:56:16Z
dc.date.issued1999-01
dc.descriptionLaura Catharine Smith, University of Munichen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper provides a unified analysis for Holtzmann's Law or the Germanic Verscharfung (hereafter, GV). This Germanic phenomenon is usually described as the strengthening of the PIE glides +i and +u to Gothic <ddj> and <ggw> and Old Norse <ggj> and <ggw> respectively. In the present work, I posit plausible sound changes based on the assumption that laryngeals were extant in early Germanic when the accent was still mobile. Furthermore, I contend that the laryngeals rather than glides underwent GV strengthening. The motivation for sound changes, as I assert, can be explained by the preference laws of syllable structure. The analysis provided herein also accounts for parallel phonological developments of GV and non-GV forms from common PIE roots, e.g. ON snūa 'to turn' versus ON snugga 'to look askance'. Finally, the analysis offers an explanation for the existence of GV reflexes in West Germanic.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationSmith, L. C. (1999). What's all the fuss about 16 words? A new approach to Holtzman's Law*. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 21(Winter), 66-95.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28954
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51429
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectHistorical linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectGrammar, Comparative and general--Syllableen_US
dc.subjectPhonologyen_US
dc.subjectLinguistic changeen_US
dc.subjectGermanic languagesen_US
dc.titleWhat's all the fuss about 16 words? A new approach to Holtzman's Law*en_US
dc.typejournal article
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